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boston red sox managerterry francona, blowing a -- manager terry francona, the man who snapped a losing streak for boston, shown the door. >> feel like i let a lot of people down. walking out of the club house the other night, that's the one thing i let them down. it's my responsibility to get this done and it didn't happen. i thought it was time for a new voice and it's not an easy thing to say. you know, it's -- but i thought it was the right thing to do. >> all right. one playoff game in the books. real great, great touch today. in texas. cooper stone through out the first pitch. his father died trying to reach for a ball tossed to him by josh hamilton. remember that back in july? cooper and his mom on hand today. it didn't turn out well for the home team. a three run bomb. tampa bay red hot. 9-0. yankees and detroit tigers. the game picks up tomorrow at 9:30. see the rain storm there. they suspended the game. tied 1-1. game two moved back to sunday at noon. sunday also the 49ers in philadelphia. raiders hosting new england. roger goodel upheld the suspension on former ohio state qua

and finally, terri francona will not return as boston's manager next season. led the red sox to two titles. their only titles in the last nine years. whoever gets him is going to get a good manager.

manager francona is out. the feeling was apparently mutual.francona was ready to move on any way after four years and a couple of championships with the red sox. >>> time now our high school football game of the week. takes us to the south baby popular demand. oak grove, both teams could ill afford a loss because each had one already. first half game 7-7. oak grove caps a nine play. ray rivera hits cleveland wallis for a 12-yard score 14- 7. glen answering right back. their quarterback rich rivea with a nice shot of illusive skills as he avoid a couple of shots. second half all oak grove doe rivera hit 5-11 for three touchdowns, three through the air. trevor sheets with the touchdown there. and then early fourth quarter. rivera with a little shorty to caleb harvey. 53yards the touchdown. harvey had 102 yards rushing and oak grove winning handily. they are now 3-1. >>> not that they need them right now any way but raider rookie quarterback terrell prior won't be suiting back any time soon for a game after his five game suspension. upheld by rog

manager francona is out. the feeling was apparently mutual.dy to move on any way after four years and a couple of championships with the red sox. >>> time now our high school football game of the week. takes us to the south baby popular demand. oak grove, both teams could ill afford a loss because each had one already. first half game 7-7. oak grove caps a nine play. ray rivera hits cleveland wallis for a 12-yard score 14- 7. glen answering right back. their quarterback rich rivea with a nice shot of illusive skills as he avoid a couple of shots. second half all oak grove doe rivera hit 5-11 for three touchdowns, three through the air. trevor sheets with the touchdown there. and then early fourth quarter. rivera with a little shorty to caleb harvey. 53yards the touchdown. harvey had 102 yards rushing and oak grove winning handily. they are now 3-1. >>> not that they need them right now any way but raider rookie quarterback terrell prior won't be suiting back any time soon for a game after his five game suspension. upheld by roger gudel. while

good to have you back alongside after terry francona joined us for the first two games. leaving a ballpark than i was doing that game. >> tim: did he really? >> joe: yeah. >> tim: oh, that's great. >> joe: avila 0 for 3, 0 for 12 in this series. oliver got the final two outs of the seventh. raburn next up, then inge. that's a foul ball, as torrealba let it go. a self-defense swing. strike 2. >> tim: alex trying to get out of the way, dragging that bat hit across home plate. alex avila has been hit once tonight catching. it will have a bearing on how the two teams play the game, the pitch called, ball to. >> and the middle language behind the plate trying to leave your pitching staff or catch your pitching staff and lead." with the tigers leading in this one by three. >> joe: a full count. that's on the inside corner. one away in the eighth. and the third strikeout for avila tonight. he's 0 for 4. that will be it for darren oliver. ron washington will make the move. bottom of the eighth, 5-2. tigers lead in game three. [ spectator ] gun it, bro! what's this guy doing? dud

terry francona out in boston. >>> the amazing tampa bay rays are in.send a rookie to pitch against texas. game one of the division series. matt moore starting a big league game for the second time. he threw seven straight innings for the defending catcher. tampa bay opens the series with a 9-0 drumming of the rangers. third play off appearance, convincing win again that is the best story in team sports in america. >>> speaking of teams towsen and maryland tomorrow. >> it's going to be a good one. thanks mark. >>> special delivery, a new baby's special bond with baby's special bond with grandma, the ,, li s baby's special bond with grandma, the ,, id li s m ba llral,was baby's special bond with grandma, the ,, id unl m ba >>> after two weeks a group of hunters from south carolina needed some heavy equipment to lift the 770-pounder on to the boat. the three men said it took half an hour to get him into the boat. they're looking now to even bigger gators. >>> an iowa grandmother steps into action and helps bring her granddaughter into the world. she was o

in boston it's terry francona who is out as manager of the red sox.e led the sox to two world series titles, but this season boston capped off september with the biggest collapse in baseball history, blowing a nine game lead. francona was upset with the attitude and arrogance he perceived on the roster and clubhouse. he said after an eight-year run, the decision to leave was his. >> i think it's time for a new voice here. i was frustrated with some of my inabilities to get some things done here, and after talking to ownership at length, multiple times, i think it's the right thing to do for the organization and myself. >> the rays and rangers opening up the playoffs. six-year-old cooper stone tossed out the first pitch. his father, shannon, died at a rangers game earlier this year when he fell over a railing. a lot of emotion in arlington. now the rays road a wave of momentum, as well as boston's collapse just to get into the playoffs. they are still riding the wave. johnny damon goes deep on wilson. and kelly shoppach, what happened to him? shoppach,

manager terry francona will not return next season.ons with the red sox and led them to two world series titles. >> i don't know what i want to do. i know i want to stay in the game. this is all i have ever done. it's all i ever want to do. i have no ambition to go try to reup on my real estate thing that i was probably going to fail the first time. but it's a little fresh to start thinking about other things. >> the media is not allowed to watch raiders practice. so we are not sure if they are getting ready for the patriots or having a private concert in alameda. >> just a little bit of everything out there. i think coach jackson, he's a little rock and roll, a little country, a little r&b, a little rap so he can do it all. >> players are always on me about during the game sometime they can't hear, you know they like to communicate so they mid a pact with me, coach, leave a little music out there during the when the defense is out so they can communicate better so they can hear each other better so i guess i bought into it like a dumm

after two word series titles in eight seasons manager terry francona is out in boston.esterday the red sox and francona decided to part ways after boston's historic collapse. the red sox are the first team to miss the playoffs after holding a nine-game lead in september. meanwhile the team that won the wild card the tampa bay raies came out swinging yesterday against the rangers. game one of the divisional series in arlington, texas. this is 6-year-old cooper stone throwing out the ceremonial first pitch. he's the son of the man who tragically died after falling to catch a ball that was tossed into the stands by josh hamilton. nice moment there. top three, 3-0 raies. crushes one to center. check out the fan here. makes the catch and then he throws it back. i don't know if that was a good idea. a good souvenir. a three-run homer for him. the raies blank the rangers 9-0. also the tigers/yankees game was suspended because of rain. they'll try to play game one later this evening. that's your morning sports. have a great day. >>> it's the last weekend to enjoy a d.c. landmar

. >>> first manager terry francona now, gm theo epstein is leaving the red sox. according to sources, the cubs are on the verge of hiring epstein. deal expect tobd finalized in the next few days. epstein brought a world series to boston. chicago has built won since 1908. >>> nhl, penguins without sidney crosby. who thought matt cooke would pick up the slack? scored four goals in three games. scored 12 goals all last season. pens are getting it done without their star. >>> finally to minnesota, keep an eye behind the net. big hit by chris neil. clayton stoner caught with his head down and never saw it coming. that sparked the senators down two. they rallied against the wild. tied and forced a shootout. ottawa came back to win their home opener 4-3. >>> that's your early look at sports on "early today." i'm fred roggin. >> announcer: "early today" sports is brought to you by just for men hair color. live forward. >>> coming up, performers on wall street, performers and awards, and performers taking on some surprising roles. your early morning entertainment headline

good to have you back alongside after terry francona joined us for the first two games. leaving a ballpark than i was doing that game. >> tim: did he really? >> joe: yeah. >> tim: oh, that's great. >> joe: avila 0 for 3, 0 for 12 in this series. oliver got the final two outs of the seventh. raburn next up, then inge. that's a foul ball, as torrealba let it go. a self-defense swing. strike 2. >> tim: alex trying to get out of the way, dragging that bat hit across home plate. alex avila has been hit once tonight catching. it will have a bearing on how the two teams play the game, the pitch called, ball to. >> and the middle language behind the plate trying to leave your pitching staff or catch your pitching staff and lead." with the tigers leading in this one by three. >> joe: a full count. that's on the inside corner. one away in the eighth. and the third strikeout for avila tonight. he's 0 for 4. that will be it for darren oliver. ron washington will make the move. bottom of the eighth, 5-2. tigers lead in game three. [ spectator ] gun it, bro! what's this guy doing? dud

in boston it's terry francona who is out as manager of the red sox. series titles, but this season boston capped off september with the biggest collapse in baseball history, blowing a nine game lead. francona was upset with the attitude and arrogance he perceived on the roster and clubhouse. he said after an eight year run the decision to leave was his. >> i think it's time for a new voice here. i was frustrated with some of my inabilities to get some things done here, and after talking to ownership at length, multiple times, i think it's the right thing to do for the organization and myself. >> the rays and rangers opening up the playoffs. six-year-old cooper stone tossed out the first pitch. his father died at a game earlier this year when he fell over a railing a lot of other motion necessary arlington. now the rays road a wave of momentum, as well as boston's collapse just to get into the playoffs. they are still riding the wave. johnny damon goes deep on wilson. and kelly shoppach, what happened to him? shoppach, a light-hitting catch we're two h

and finally, terri francona will not return as boston's manager next season.he red sox to two titles. their only titles in the last nine years. whoever gets him is going to get a good manager. >> took his garage door opener away. >> he couldn't get in. he came back three tames today. pretty interesting. >> they are blaming him and some reports that some of the veteran players weren't on the same page. so, who knows. >> i think the forward organization owns that one. gh we'll see you on cbs 5 at 11:00. i am a throat untickler. i am a human cough suppressant. and i am the sniffles worst nightmare. i am a target pharmacist. ask me about cold and flu remedies. [ zapping ] there goes dwayne's car. oh, man. there goes dwayne's house. whoa! whoa! and there goes dwayne. man, that thing does not like dwayne. [ male announcer ] state farm's got you covered. nice landing. it was. [ male announcer ] get to a better state.

the red sox and francona decided to part ways. the red sox are the first team to miss the playoffs after having a nine-game lead in september. the tampa bay rays came out swinging against the rangers. game one of the divisional series. this is six-year-old cooper stone. he is the son of the man who died after falling to catch a ball that was tossed into the the stands by josh hamilton. two on, two out, the fan makes the catch and throws it back. the first of two homers in the game for him. he finished with five rbis. game two is tomorrow night. the tigers-yankees game is suspended because of rain. they will try to play game one tomorrow night. a lot of fans are waiting for that series to get underway. that will ♪ ♪ [ multiple sounds making melodic tune ] ♪ [ male announcer ] at northrop grumman, every innovation, every solution, comes together for a single purpose -- to make the world a safer place. that's the value of performance. northrop grumman. >>> teacher openjm be >>> the martin luther king memorial lie brain will be open o

terry francona is out. after eight years at the helm all he did was lead boston to two world championships in his time in bean town. rangers taking on the rays, cooper stone threw out the first pitch, the 6-year-old son of the father who died trying to catch a ball in the rangers game last july. during the game it was all tampa, kelly shop after, another three runs, his -- kelly shoppach, another three runs on the day. great move by joe maddon, spectacular allowing two hits in seven shutout inningings. the rays take game one 9 -- innings. the rays take game one 9 -0. >>> c.c. sabathia in the 1st and this is young. jeffrey mayer might be in the stands. they calmed it a home run. the rains -- called it a home run. the rains would come and come. they will try to play tomorrow. game two is pushed back to sunday. >>> one preseason hockey note, baxter, greene, hendricks all scored for the caps beating buffalo in the shootout tonight 4-3. you're all caught up in sports. i'm dave ross. shawn yancy back with the edg

. >>> first manager terry francona now, gm theo epstein is leaving the red sox.g to sources, the cubs are on the verge of hiring epstein. deal expected to be finalized in the next few days. epstein brought a world series to boston. chicago has not won since 1908. >>> nhl, penguins without sidney crosby. who thought matt cooke would pick up the slack? scored three goals in four games. scored 12 goals all last season. pens are getting it done without their star. >>> finally to minnesota, keep an eye behind the net. big hit by chris neil. clayton stoner caught with his head down and never saw it coming. that sparked the senators down two. they rallied against the wild. tied and forced a shootout. ottawa came back to win their home opener 4-3. >>> that's your first look at sports. i'm fred roggin. >>> and now another look at the weather. >> our run of beautiful days has come to an end, but the weekend looks between. we just have to get through the next couple days. every now and then the grass needs a little bit of water. and in dallas, we need a lot of water. thunde

terry francona was out. this after the epic collapse.ox blew a nine-game lead in september. they missed the playoffs. unthinkable. francono lead them to two world series. he lost the clubhouse feeling ownership wouldn't support him. he felt it was time to go. >> i think it is time for a new voice here. i was frustrated with some of my inabilities to get some things done here, and after talking to ownership and feeling at length multiple times, it was the best thing to do for the organization and myself. >> the playoffs began with tampa visiting texas. cooper stone with the first pitch. his father shannon stone died at a inning rangers game earlier this year when he fell over the railing. there were tears everywhere. tampa needed a lot of luck and skill to make the playoffs, and now making the most. johnny damon homers and 2-0 rays. his batting average this season was 176. nobody predicted this. he homered twice in this game. matt moore made only his second major league start ever and tossed seven score less innings. he is in the playoff

terry francona was out. this after the epic collapse.e red sox blew a nine-game lead in september. they missed the playoffs. unthinkable. francono lead them to two world series. he lost the clubhouse feeling ownership wouldn't support him. he felt it was time to go. >> i think it is time for a new voice here. i was frustrated with some of my inabilities to get some things done here, and after talking to ownership and feeling at length multiple times, it was the best thing to do for the organization and myself. >> the playoffs began with tampa visiting texas. cooper stone with the first pitch. his father shannon stone died at a inning rangers game earlier this year when he fell over the railing. there were tears everywhere. tampa needed a lot of luck and skill to make the playoffs, and now making the most. johnny damon homers and 2-0 rays. his batting average this season was 176. nobody predicted this. he homered twice in this game. matt moore made only his second major league start ever and tossed seven score less innings. he is in the p

terry francona and the red sox part wades after eight seasons -- part ways after eight seasons. >> iight. >> thank you rich. that's the news for this friday night. >> have a great weekend. see you monday. >> bye. captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org--

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good to have you back alongside after terry francona joined us for the first two games. leaving a ballpark than i was doing that game. >> tim: did he really? >> joe: yeah. >> tim: oh, that's great. >> joe: avila 0 for 3, 0 for 12 in this series. oliver got the final two outs of the seventh. raburn next up, then inge. that's a foul ball, as torrealba let it go. a self-defense swing. strike 2. >> tim: alex trying to get out of the way, dragging that bat hit across home plate. alex avila has been hit once tonight catching. it will have a bearing on how the two teams play the game, the pitch called, ball to. >> and the middle language behind the plate trying to leave your pitching staff or catch your pitching staff and lead." with the tigers leading in this one by three. >> joe: a full count. that's on the inside corner. one away in the eighth. and the third strikeout for avila tonight. he's 0 for 4. that will be it for darren oliver. ron washington will make the move. bottom of the eighth, 5-2. tigers lead in game three. [ spectator ] gun it, bro! what's this guy doing? dud

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francona upset with attitude on the red sox roster and said after an eight year run, actually a zeegs> this is time for a new voice. i was frustrated with inabilities to get some things done here. and you know, after talking to ownership at length, multiple times, i think it's the right thing to do. >> and rays and rangers opening playoffs, couper stone tapped off the first pitch. his father died at a game this year, remember when he fell over a railing going for a ball? emotional night. and there is johnny damon deep on cj wilson, then into the third there is his turn a three-run blast a catch by the man. i don't want that souvenir, it's dirty. and there is plenty for the 2-year-old making a second major league start, ever. struck out six. rays roll and there is cc sabathia, trouble right away. and there is gone, 1-0. tigers. and a rod with a grounder to third. and there is might have had a play. then, it started pouring in the second inning. there is a rain delay right now. there is raiders getting set to host their second team with patriots visiting sunday. challenge for the silver

francona. two championships in boston in eight years and now he's out of a job after -- it was a really bad postseason or season ending drought that they had but, still, if you haven't heard by now, terry francona is out of his job as manager of the boston red sox. we all know exactly how this all went down, two sides having two different stories about it. the red sox, as you know, lost 20 of their last 27 games. they had a nine-game lead in september but then the tampa bay rays came charging and now they're done. take a look at this. >> i felt frustrated -- like i just said -- with my inability to reach guys i've been able to in the past or affect the outcome differently. and that bothers me. >> he's taking some responsibility there, as you hear. still a lot of people scratching their heads. he broke the curse. two championships in eight years. >> i think he's a great manager. i know we're not supposed to be biased but i am. he can manage but guys have to play. >> it's not his fault. you know

when you have catastrophic collapse something is going to get blamed, in boston, terry francona who isox to two world series titles but boston had the biggest september collapse in baseball history each was upset about the attitude and arrogance that he perceived in the ghrub could you say. he said after an eight year run the decision to leave was his. >> i think it's time for a new voice here. i was frustrated with some of my inbills to get some things done here. after talking to ownership at length, multiple times i think it's the right thing to do. >> opening up the playoffs and cooper stone tossed out the first pitch. >> a lot of emotions in arlington. now, the rays brought a wave of momentum to get into the playoff. they are still riding that wave. johnny damon goes deep and kelly shopik. that catch by the fan but shopik a light-headed catcher with two homers. matt moore, wins seven scoreless two hits, six strike out, rays roll in game one, 9-0. >> the to be part of this, it's something i never dreamed was going to happen this year. >> in the bronx, pride the vallejo taking the ya

years in boston team collapsed in september huge lead in wild card lead blown lamp placed on terry franconah that this reaction len kasper len >> no question people should be excited 2012 we really do not know what it will look like things to be determined new regime takes over in terms of manager coaching staff veteran players trying to move them i anticipate some boats but maybe not as many of immediately as fans may look for but over the course of next three-four years much different looking organization >> game at fort rangers-tigers lot night for hometown fans in the 11th naploli single to center hamilton scores, cruz follows 3 run shot, 7-3 leade 3-1. peppers minor knee injury hopes to play against vikings thank goodness jay cutler is okay under fire three more times making 18 sacks in season, played a superb game kept alive affecting his psyche physically not that big a big deal lamentably deep in the clock in the pocket take your eyes off that check what's going on anything to not want to take sack the grid of all as fast as possible we need to take care of things quarterback play s

decision in your state this morning is not about the presiden presidency, it is about this man, terry francona who is now out as manager of the boston red sox. this is a man who reversed the curse, two world championships. how do you lose this guy, even after this colossal collapse? >> i think havemy hands full -- >> you want to go back to the political questions, because those are easier? >> tse are hard enough. listen, i love this team. i love its management. i love the players a the fans are unbeatable. and that's why we have springs. >> wow. i mean, we got more from him on the president than that. governor mcdonnell -- >> -- back on track. >> would you consider being a candidate on the republican side? >> that's nine months away. that's somebody else's decision. i'm having a great time -- >> but you'd be open to it? >> if somebody called and said you could help our country, help our tick ed, i think any of us would think about it. right now i'm focused on making virginia more competitive with massachusetts and making it a good state. >> governors, thank you both. appreciate it. coming up,

you have catastrophic collapse somebody gets blamed and boston it's terri francona and tonight he's outed the red sox to 2 world series titles but this season he capped off biggest collapse in baseball history. blowing 9 game lead. he was upset with the at talked and the air began that he felt was now on the red sox roster and he said after an eight year run in bean town the decision today to leave was his. >> i think it's time for a new voice here. i was frustrated with some of my inability to get some things done here. and after talking to ownership at length multiple times i think it's the rate thing to do for the organization and myself. >>reporter: rays and rangers open up the play off. first pitch and father shannon died at rangers game early this year when he fell over a railing. a hot of he mess out there today. now the rays they rhoda wave of momentum and boston collapse to get in the play offment they are still riding the wave 2nd inning damon deep on tj wilson two nothing. third kelly 3 run blast. nice catch by the fan in the center field. that guy is pretty good actually. 2

. >> thanks for your time, francona. another story. playoffs started last night.u this. you may remember this moment back in july. at the ballpark in arlington, texas. rangers fan shannon stone a firefighter, trying to catch that ball tossed into the stands by outfielder josh hamilton. they don't show the rest of that video, but it shows him tumbling some 20 feet down on his head. his son right next to him. the firefighter died. remember this story when it happened. moving you forward to last night. his son cooper made his first trip back to the stadium last night, since his dad's death. look at what happened. >> serving the first pitch for game one of the -- [ cheers and applause ] ♪ >> so you see what happened. they brought him out, essentially to start this year's playoff season. there he is throwing out the first pitch and he got to throw it to his favorite player, josh hamilton, who, of course, is the guy who tossed the ball up into the stands that his dad was going after. you see some people in the stands there just in tears last night at this moment. >> how